The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-19

feh1y 10 receive II, DullD anew ny ~ cH
Smith & Co. The plans or intentions of the
firm as to what purposes they intend to use
the new boat for, are not far enough ad-
vanced yet to give them public mention.
At Fernandlna Friday the election passed
| off quietly, although the greatest interest
| ever known in a municipal election was
manifested. A full vote was polled, and the
result was an overwhelming majority for
| the Citizens ticket. John Barr is elected
Mayor over Samuel Petty (coloredl by ma
jority of II votes and Charles V. Hillyer
beats Samuel Dennette for Collector by
the same figures. All the Aldermen on the
| Citizens ticket were elected except those in
| the First ward The Aldermen elected are
First ward, r. z. Robinson (colored) and
R. w. Atkinson (colored); Second ward,
Fred w. Hoyt and j. f. Wandell; Third
ward, G. Stark and j. K. Larer; Fourth
ward, j. F. Lehman and r. V. K. Schuy-
| Ter.
Thursday morning'a white man claiming
to have come from Waycross, Ga, and Civ
| ing his name as Shelvin. reported to Sheriff
Holland, at Jacksonville, that the night
| previous he had been approached on the
street by two white men who claimed to be
| police officers, who told him to consider him
self under arrest. Shelvin quietly submit
| ted TO the arrest, when he was informed by
| the men that if he would give up what
valuables he had they would permit him to
| go unmolested Shelvin demurred to this
proposition and replied that if he had com
United any misdemeanor which warranted
his arrest he would prefer to accompany the
officers. Whereupon the men closed in upon
| him, threw him down and purloined from
his pockets about S27S in money and a
watch and chain and then made off in the
darkness.
Piling is now being delivered at the Flori-
da Railway and Navigation COmpany's
| docks at Jacksonville for use in the con-
! struction of a mammoth warehouse, 9OX25O
feet on the railroad dock. 1t is reported
| that MeSSrs. Wightman & Christopher have
| leased space from the railroad company for
the erection of this warehouse, and from the
| same source comes the information that it
| is intended for cotton warehouse, while
! others advance the opinion that MeSsrs.
! Wightman 81 Christopher intend to trans
| fer their business from the Mohawk block to
| the new warehouse, owing to increased
rents; and besides it would be u great saw
| ing to the firm in the matter of drayage.
! Fifty by ninety feet of the warehouse will
| be two stories high. which will be devoted
| to offices, The contract for the erection of
the building has already been awarded to
two different parties but for some reason it
! was given up.
Brooksville Ne,cS:: Our unimpeachable
fellow-citizen, John J. Hale, narrates that,
|
ing in his grove killed an immense rattle
| snake that stretched across the grove, which
| is forty acres in extent. For some time past
! Mr.. Hale had been missing his hogs and did
| not know how to account for their dis
appearance, but the negroes who
killed this great RATHER found three
| dead hogs lying near him and showed
them to Mr.. Hale, and the mystery
was explained-thisO one snake had destroyed
| fifteen or twenty fine hogs of various sizes.
| The monster had twelve rattles, and was
nine feet two inches long and eleven inches
in circumference. Mr.. Hale wanted to sell
the NelCS its skin for tympan sheet for the
| cylinder of our Prouty power press. On
! hearing Mr. Hale tell this anecdote, j. j.
Bell remarked that last year he killed in
the same vicinity rattlesnake from whose
skin Col Frederick l.. Robertson made a
circus tent.
John Chase, living on Orange creek, about
| two miles south of Citra, has highly priced
bull terrier dog, though rather small in
stature, he is noted fighter. 1t is a daily
| habit of this Cog to make repeated rounds
over to two-acre lot adjoining the back
| yard, and the only territory he has access to,
| probably in search of rabbits that frequent
| it, On July 10, while making his morning
| rounds. he was rewarded in his search by
| finding full grown coon. After O ten
minutes hard 1ght between the two, Mr.
| Chase, who had been attracted to the scene,
| concluded that further effort on his dogs
| part would be injurious TO him and separ-
| ated them and went to his house for some
thing to kill the coon with, but on his re-
| turn to the scene of the conflict he met the
| dog closely followed by the coon, and since
| then they have been inseparable compan-
| ions. The dog divides his meals and bed
with the coon, and as the dogs hot-headed
! temper gets him into frequent fights he
| finds valuable assistant on the part of
| the coon. Mr. Chase offers a wager that
with the coon as d helper that no dog in
the country can withstand his dog in fight.
Fernandina Mirror: The June report of
| the commerce of our port is very gratifying
and indicates the steady growth of business.
| The entrances and clearanceS numbered
| eighty-one, and the total tonnage ran up to
nearly $4,000 tons The shipments of sawed
| lumber amounted to nearly 10000 feet, and
| other exports were large. This all means
the return to Florida of large amount of
money distributed widely among land
owners, loggers, merchants, railways and
| steyedores. According to Gov Drew,
a large portion of this goes
| to Jacksonville merchants for
! loggers' supplies mill work, etc. We trust
that one of the beneficial influences result
| ing from this demonstration of the growth
| of business at this port will be the calling of
| attention TO the value of a direct rail con
| nection with the suggested short line from
! Millen into Florida via Jesup and placing
us on the direct line of communication with
| the North. A line which should connect at
Fernandina as the initial point in Florida,
| and connect thence via Jacksonville with
our great trunk lines would possess great
advantages over an interior point of connec-
| lion